The Austrian aeronautical engineer Otto Kauba approached the Reichsluftministerium (RLM) with a proposal for a flying-bomb
early in 1942. The ministry was sufficiently interested in his ideas to assist in establishing the Skoda-Kauba design bureau in Prague,
Czechoslovakia. The proposed flying-bomb layout was tested in a light monoplane, the SK V1, which was written off in a crash. Two
modified aircraft, the SK V1A and SK V2, were tested before the project was abandoned in 1943.

Other designs in the series were the SK V3 light sports aircraft, the SK V4 fighter trainer, the V5 piston-engined fighter, the V6 twin-boom pusher monoplane, the V7 canard research aircraft and the V8 primary trainer, none of which entered production.

Specification

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MODEL

SK V4

CREW

1

ENGINE

1 x 240hp Argus As 10C-3 engine

WEIGHTS

Take-off weight

1250 kg

2756 lb

DIMENSIONS

Wingspan

7.60 m

25 ft 11 in

Length

5.60 m

18 ft 4 in

Height

2.90 m

10 ft 6 in

PERFORMANCE

Max. speed

420 km/h

261 mph

Ceiling

7500 m

24600 ft

Range

900 km

559 miles

Comments

Sven, 17.12.2015

Several pictures on the net of the V4. Good looking but built for a niche that wasnt there. Realy not sure about the booms on the wing aircraft below though. Flight loads on the spar leading to a heavy wing surely? Just thought Id pitch in and cast an aviation spell

, 17.06.2011

however these found little favour with the RLM and the development was cancelled.

Barry, 27.11.2009

The top photograph shows the the SK V4 which was the only Otto Kauba design put in to production as the SK 227. The production was somewhat limited though.Kauba was quite revolutionary in his design approach and pioneered the use of ram-jets or specifically the designs of Eugen Saenger, however these found little favour with the RLM and the development was cancelled.